SNUG 2013 Worldwide Sponsors 

Altera Corporation is the pioneer of programmable logic solutions, enabling system and semiconductor companies to rapidly and cost-effectively innovate, differentiate, and win in their markets. Altera offers FPGAs, CPLDs, and ASICs in combination with software tools, intellectual property, and customer support to provide high-value custom logic solutions to customers worldwide. Find out more at http://www.altera.com.

Doulos is the global leader for the development and delivery of world class training solutions for engineers creating the world's electronic products. Fully independent, Doulos sets the industry standard for the highest quality training programs for design and verification engineers implementing complex SoC and FPGA designs.

Doulos training programs cover the needs of hardware designers, embedded software developers and system design and verification specialists, including courses for C, C++, Embedded Linux, UML, SystemC^TM, Verilog®, SystemVerilog, VHDL and ARM-based design. For over 20 years Doulos has provided 'service through excellence', contributing to the success of more than 2000 companies across 50 countries. The natural partner for leading tool and technology companies, Doulos schedules classes across the U.S. and Europe and delivers in-house training programs world-wide. For more information, visit
http://www.doulos.com.

As a world-leading information technology company, HP applies new thinking and ideas to create more simple, valuable and trusted experiences with technology. Our focus is to continuously improve the way our customers live and work through technology products and services, form the individual consumer to the largest enterprise. More information can be found at
http://www.hp.com.

IBM develops and manufactures semiconductor technology and products used in IBM systems and by leading IT, consumer and communications companies worldwide. End-to-end integration — from design to manufacturing to characterization and test — gives IBM the unique ability to leverage process insights for superior modeling and proven results in hardware. Find out more at
http://www.ibm.com.

NetApp creates innovative storage and data management solutions that deliver outstanding cost efficiency and accelerate business breakthroughs. Our dedication to the principles of simplicity, innovation, and customer success has made us one of the fastest-growing storage and data management providers today. Customers around the world choose us for our “go beyond” approach and broad portfolio of solutions for server-to-storage virtualization, business applications, data protection, and more. Our solutions and virtualized storage technologies provide nonstop availability of critical business data and speed product development, so you can deploy new capabilities with confidence and get to revenue faster than ever before. Discover our passion for helping companies around the world go further, faster at www.netapp.com.

UMC (NYSE: UMC, TWSE: 2303) is a leading global semiconductor foundry that provides advanced technology and manufacturing for applications spanning every major sector of the IC industry. UMC’s robust foundry solutions allow chip designers to leverage the company’s leading-edge processes, which include 28nm poly-SiON and gate-last High-K/Metal Gate technology, mixed signal/RFCMOS, and a wide range of specialty technologies. Production is supported through 10 wafer manufacturing facilities that include two advanced 300mm fabs; Fab 12A in Taiwan and Singapore-based Fab 12i. Fab 12A consists of Phases 1-4 which are in production for customer products down to 28nm. Construction is underway for Phases 5&6, with future plans for Phases 7&8. The company employs over 13,000 people worldwide and has offices in Taiwan, Japan, China, Singapore, Europe, and the United States. UMC can be found on the web at
http://www.umc.com.

Xilinx is the world's leading provider of All Programmable FPGAs, SoCs and 3D ICs. These industry-leading devices are coupled with a next-generation design environment and IP to serve a broad range of customer needs, from programmable logic to programmable systems integration. For more information, visit www.xilinx.com.

Dell Inc. is one of the world's leading providers of high performance products and services for distributed and compute intensive environments. At the core of Dell's solution stacks is choice. Dell solutions enable you with the power to do more, integrating the latest advances in core technologies and delivering the right set of interface to archive tools required to support your most demanding applications and complex computations. Dell supports its building block model through rigorous in-house testing to provide a complete solution that just works. When it comes to architecting your performance environment, the Dell directive is simple: provide best-in-class quality, value and support. For more information, please visit http://www.dell.com.

IBM Platform Computing is a leader in cluster, grid, and HPC cloud management software serving more than 2,000 of the world's most demanding organizations. For over 20 years, its workload and resource management solutions have delivered optimized IT infrastructures, ease of management, and lower costs for commercial, HPC, and technical computing clients. Visit http://www.ibm.com/platformcomputing. Twitter: @IBMPlatform. For more information about IBM Technical Computing: http://www.ibm.com/TechnicalComputing

SMIC is a pure-play IC foundry that provides wafer fabrication of 200-millimeter (mm) and 300 mm at 0.35-micron (um) to 45/40-nanometer (nm). As one of the top foundries in the world, SMIC is strategically located in China, home to a fast growing electronics market, and vast and stable resources such as human capital, land, water and power supply. SMIC provides customers with a seamless flow of services that include mask making, wafer probing, bumping (partnered with Siltech), IP development service and backend design service (partnered with Brite Semiconductor). SMIC also offers assembly and final testing through a strong network of established partners. For more information, please visit http://www.smics.com.

Verilab specializes in verification environment development, methodology definition, and project planning for chip design projects. Since our founding in 2000, we have worked on over 200 projects across more than 50 companies. With offices in the US, UK, Germany, and Canada, our goal is to facilitate consistent, successful results for our clients worldwide. For more information please visit http://www.verilab.com.

Zuken
Zuken is a global provider of leading-edge software and consulting services for electrical and electronic design and manufacturing. Founded in 1976, Zuken has the longest track record of technological innovation and financial stability in the electronic design automation (EDA) software industry. The company's extensive experience, technological expertise and agility, combine to create world-class software solutions. Zuken's transparent working practices and integrity in all aspects of business produce long-lasting and successful customer partnerships that make Zuken a reliable long-term business partner. For more information about the company and its products, visit http://www.zuken.com